kula
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).
NounEdit
kula (plural kulas)
- A tower, turret or a steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
- 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, p. 107:
- Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.
- 1998, Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće, The Bosniak, p.5:
- The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
- 1998, Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian, p. 111:
- The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.
- 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, p. 107:
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
kula (uncountable)
- A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.
AnagramsEdit
CebuanoEdit
HawaiianEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kula (plural kulák)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kula | kulák |
| accusative | kulát | kulákat |
| dative | kulának | kuláknak |
| instrumental | kulával | kulákkal |
| causal-final | kuláért | kulákért |
| translative | kulává | kulákká |
| terminative | kuláig | kulákig |
| essive-formal | kulaként | kulákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kulában | kulákban |
| superessive | kulán | kulákon |
| adessive | kulánál | kuláknál |
| illative | kulába | kulákba |
| sublative | kulára | kulákra |
| allative | kulához | kulákhoz |
| elative | kulából | kulákból |
| delative | kuláról | kulákról |
| ablative | kulától | kuláktól |
| Possessive forms of kula | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kulám | kuláim |
| 2nd person sing. | kulád | kuláid |
| 3rd person sing. | kulája | kulái |
| 1st person plural | kulánk | kuláink |
| 2nd person plural | kulátok | kuláitok |
| 3rd person plural | kulájuk | kuláik |
JavaneseEdit
LinduEdit
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kulə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kula/
- Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə
NounEdit
kula (plural kula-kula, informal first-person possessive kulaku, second-person possessive kulamu, third-person possessive kulanya)
PronounEdit
kula
SynonymsEdit
NgarrindjeriEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PaliEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kula f (diminutive kulka)
- ball (spherical object)
- (mathematics, geometry, topology) ball
- bullet
- crutch
- (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)
- pchnięcie kulą ― shot put
DeclensionEdit
declension of kula
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- kula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kula
SynonymsEdit
- (tower): toranj
See alsoEdit
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dama, kraljica дама, краљица |
top, kula топ, кула |
lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер |
skakač, konj скакач, коњ |
pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун |
SwahiliEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kula c
- a small ball made of earthenware, glass (marble) or a similar hard material; marble: spela kula; of steel in a ball bearing; sphere; testicle, often in the compound pungkula
- bullet
- En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.
- A bullet hit him right in the temple.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) money
- Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.
- I've made tons of cash with this car.
- (heraldry) roundel
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of kula | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kula | kulan | kulor | kulorna |
| Genitive | kulas | kulans | kulors | kulornas |